Nitesh Tiwari of Dangal fame is the co-writer of Bareilly Ki Barfi along with Shreyas Jain. He also happens to the husband of the film’s director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari. He spoke to Mumbai Mirror recently about the project. Excerpts:

Can’t stop beaming

Nitesh is all praise for his wife. “I was sceptical only during Nil Battey Sannata (Ashwiny’s debut film) as I had not attended even a single day’s shoot and had no idea what Ashwiny was doing. But after seeing the film, I have stopped questioning her.”

The inspiration behind Bareilly Ki Barfi

He goes on to reveal that both he and co-writer Shreyas Jain and he come from small towns in Madhya Pradesh and their script borrows from real life. “There are characters modelled on people we have grown up with. This is the first time we have written something light-hearted and quirky and I’m eager to see the audience’s response,” he says. The film has Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon and Rajkummar Rao as the main leads.

Next venture

Nitesh’s next directorial is reportedly an adaptation of the novel How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded a Million Dollar Company written by Varun Agarwal. “In Bollywood everything is on a slow burner till the time is right to serve the dish. As of now, the meal is still cooking. I usually keep multiple stories ready because you never know which subject works. This is one of the many subjects but a lot of things have to fall in place for a film to work.”